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| Obesity, Morbid Obesity (BMI > 35) and Diabetes Mellitus Obesity (BMI > 35) and High Blood Pressure Obesity (BMI > 35) and Dyslipemia | Other: Cognitive Training Device: transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation (tDCS) | Phase 2 |
The study will explore the impact of a 4-day intervention with either CT (Active control condition) or CT+tDCS (Active condition) stimulation on food intake in a sample of morbidly obese patients, as measured by dietary assessments the week before, during and the week after the intervention. Additionally, to further understand the neuropsychological and neurophysiological basis of its impact, measures of executive function and attention performance and EEG recordings, respectively, will be collected. Furthermore, we will explore the effect of the intervention on endocannabinoids previously related to eating behaviour.
The Active Control condition will receive sham stimulation together with CT, through a computerized cognitive training platform (Guttmann NeuropersonalTrainer), including different tasks with designed to train executive functions and attention. Each session will last approximately 30-40 min.
The Active condition will receive tDCS stimulation (20 min, multichannel with an excitatory target over the r-dlPFC) together with CT (same as for the Active Control condition).
Participants will undergo a basal (the week before intervention) and a post treatment assessments (the day after finishing the intervention) that will include medical history, blood testing, anthropometric measures, a cognitive assessment battery and a 4-day dietary assessment.
| Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
| Actual Enrollment : | 18 participants |
| Allocation: | Randomized |
| Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
| Intervention Model Description: | Active Control group: Subjects will receive CT and sham tDCS during four consecutive days. Active group: Subjects will receive CT and active tDCS during four consecutive days. |
| Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
| Masking Description: | The difference between the two groups is the tDCS therapy. To mask this difference, the duration time of the session will be the same under both conditions but a standard Sham tDCS protocol will be used for the Active Control group. That is, a 3-sec ramp-up and ramp-down current stimulation, so the subject perceives the current just like the real tDCS, but it is not strong nor durable enough to have any effect on the neuronal activity. |
| Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
| Official Title: | Pilot Study of an Intervention Involving Cognitive Training and Transcranial Direct-current Stimulation (tDCS) in Morbidly Obese Subjects |
| Actual Study Start Date : | February 25, 2016 |
| Actual Primary Completion Date : | May 26, 2017 |
| Actual Study Completion Date : | June 1, 2017 |
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Sham Comparator: Active Control group
This group will receive CT and sham tDCS each day, for four days.
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Other: Cognitive Training
Cognitive Training (CT): 4 consecutive days, 30-45 min session involving 5 different tasks designed to train executive functions and attention, available at the Guttmann Neuropersonaltrainer platform (computerized cognitive training tool certified by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products as a Class I Health Product). The difficulty level of all the tasks was automatically adjusted on a trial-by-trial basis for both Active and Active Control conditions.
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Active Comparator: Active group
This group will receive both CT and tDCS, each day, for four days.
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Other: Cognitive Training
Cognitive Training (CT): 4 consecutive days, 30-45 min session involving 5 different tasks designed to train executive functions and attention, available at the Guttmann Neuropersonaltrainer platform (computerized cognitive training tool certified by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products as a Class I Health Product). The difficulty level of all the tasks was automatically adjusted on a trial-by-trial basis for both Active and Active Control conditions.
Device: transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation (tDCS) tDCS: 4 consecutive days, 20 min session, delivered through multichannel tDCS (Starstim, Neuroelectrics), with an excitatory target over the r-dlPFC, and an inhibitory target on the contralateral lobe (l-dlPFC). The positioning of the multichannel tCS (electrode location and currents) was solved using the Stimweaver (Ruffini 2013). The resulting tCS montage employed 8 gelled Ag/AgCl electrodes of π cm2 size (Pistim, Neuroelectrics) placed at AF3(-1093uA), AF4 (1178uA), F3 (-1161uA), F4 (1104uA), F7 (-414uA), F8 (530uA), FC5 (1189uA), FC6 (-1332uA).
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| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 60 Years (Adult) |
| Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
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| First Submitted Date ICMJE | June 14, 2018 | ||||
| First Posted Date ICMJE | May 9, 2019 | ||||
| Last Update Posted Date | May 9, 2019 | ||||
| Actual Study Start Date ICMJE | February 25, 2016 | ||||
| Actual Primary Completion Date | May 26, 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||
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| Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Same as current | ||||
| Change History | No Changes Posted | ||||
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| Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE | Same as current | ||||
| Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||
| Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures | Not Provided | ||||
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| Brief Title ICMJE | Pilot Study of an Intervention Involving Cognitive Training and tDCS in Morbidly Obese Subjects | ||||
| Official Title ICMJE | Pilot Study of an Intervention Involving Cognitive Training and Transcranial Direct-current Stimulation (tDCS) in Morbidly Obese Subjects | ||||
| Brief Summary | The study aims to: 1) investigate the effects of cognitive training (CT) and combined CT and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on food intake and 2) to further understand its neuropsychological and neurophysiological basis (i.e. EEG) as well as its impact in endocannabinoids (EC) in a sample of morbidly obese patients seeking for a gastric bypass surgery | ||||
| Detailed Description |
The study will explore the impact of a 4-day intervention with either CT (Active control condition) or CT+tDCS (Active condition) stimulation on food intake in a sample of morbidly obese patients, as measured by dietary assessments the week before, during and the week after the intervention. Additionally, to further understand the neuropsychological and neurophysiological basis of its impact, measures of executive function and attention performance and EEG recordings, respectively, will be collected. Furthermore, we will explore the effect of the intervention on endocannabinoids previously related to eating behaviour. The Active Control condition will receive sham stimulation together with CT, through a computerized cognitive training platform (Guttmann NeuropersonalTrainer), including different tasks with designed to train executive functions and attention. Each session will last approximately 30-40 min. The Active condition will receive tDCS stimulation (20 min, multichannel with an excitatory target over the r-dlPFC) together with CT (same as for the Active Control condition). Participants will undergo a basal (the week before intervention) and a post treatment assessments (the day after finishing the intervention) that will include medical history, blood testing, anthropometric measures, a cognitive assessment battery and a 4-day dietary assessment. |
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| Study Type ICMJE | Interventional | ||||
| Study Phase ICMJE | Phase 2 | ||||
| Study Design ICMJE | Allocation: Randomized Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Intervention Model Description: Active Control group: Subjects will receive CT and sham tDCS during four consecutive days. Active group: Subjects will receive CT and active tDCS during four consecutive days. Masking Description: The difference between the two groups is the tDCS therapy. To mask this difference, the duration time of the session will be the same under both conditions but a standard Sham tDCS protocol will be used for the Active Control group. That is, a 3-sec ramp-up and ramp-down current stimulation, so the subject perceives the current just like the real tDCS, but it is not strong nor durable enough to have any effect on the neuronal activity. Primary Purpose: Treatment
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| Recruitment Status ICMJE | Completed | ||||
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| Original Actual Enrollment ICMJE | Same as current | ||||
| Actual Study Completion Date ICMJE | June 1, 2017 | ||||
| Actual Primary Completion Date | May 26, 2017 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) | ||||
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| Ages ICMJE | 18 Years to 60 Years (Adult) | ||||
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers ICMJE | Yes | ||||
| Contacts ICMJE | Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects | ||||
| Listed Location Countries ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
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| NCT Number ICMJE | NCT03943979 | ||||
| Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE | IMIMFTLC/EC-TDCS OM | ||||
| Has Data Monitoring Committee | No | ||||
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| Responsible Party | Albert Goday Arno, Parc de Salut Mar | ||||
| Study Sponsor ICMJE | Parc de Salut Mar | ||||
| Collaborators ICMJE | Neuroelectrics Corporation | ||||
| Investigators ICMJE | Not Provided | ||||
| PRS Account | Parc de Salut Mar | ||||
| Verification Date | May 2019 | ||||
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